Alternating-current motor.



P. UTN E. ALTEBNATING CURRENT MOTOR. APPLIOATION 211.111) 11111.25, 1909.

964,714, 1 Patented Ju1y19,1910.

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Q9 i 'T4/Leones 4 p vw@ WTO@ P. UTNE. ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR. APPLIGATION FILED 111111.25, 1909.

964,714. Patented July 19, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

PER UTNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION SWITCH &' SIGNAL COMPANY,

0F SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVANIA, A; CORPORATION OF PENNSYINAN ALTERNATING-CURRENT MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julyr 19, 1910.

To all wlwm 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PER UTNE, a subject of the King ofNorway, and a resident of the United States, in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alternating-Current Motors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electric motors, the rotatable part of which is of non-magnetic metallic material and is to rotate by alternating currents iowing in the windings of two oppositely arranged magnets consti-l on the line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is also a view in vertical cross-section taken on the line 3-.-3 of Fig'. 1. Fig. 4. is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing a moditication of my invention. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical crosssection taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is also a view in vertical cross-section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference designate corres nding parts' in all of the figures.

eferring nowmore particularly t-o Figs. 1, 2 and 3, A designates a suitable base, framework or support upon which are suitably mounted two magnets B, C, constituting the field of the motor.- The magnet B comprises a art b carrying a plurality of lannnated po e pieces b1, b2, b3 and ZTL-the ends of which are split or bifurcated. Around one of the bifurcations ofh each pole iece is a closed conductor b-preferably 1n the form of a copper ferrule. Similarly the ma et vC comprises a part e, carrying a plura ity of laminated pole pieces c1, c2, c3, and c4, the ends of which are split or bifurcated. Also around: one of the bifurcations of each pole piece isga closed conductor c5- preferably in the form of a copper ferrule. The pole pieces of the two magnets are oppositely arranged in a manner similar to that shown in the drawings. Of course the number of pole-pieces may be more than the number shown in the drawings, so long as there are oppositely arranged pairs. D des-A ignates an armature here shown as consisting of a metallic disk of some non-magnetic material.

The armature D, located between the oppositely arranged pole-pieces, is fixed u on a shaft d, the ends of which are suitaibly journaled in the parpsl) and 0, so that it may be rotated. Each pole iece of each of the magnets B, C is provi ed with a winding, and all of the windings on the magnet B will be in series and all of the windings on the magnet C will be in series. The windings on the magnet B are so arranged that at any one instant two of the pole-pieces at e their ends opposite the armature D will be of one polarity, while at the same instant the other two pole-pieces at their ends opposite the armature D will be of the opposite po larity. For example, and as shown in the drawings, the windings on the pole-pieces b1, b4 are so arranged that at any one in, stant their ends adjacent the armature D will benorth poles, and the windings on the pole-pieces b3, b2, are so arranged that at the same instant their ends adjacent the armature D willA be south oles. Similarly lthe windings on the pole-pieces c1, 02, of the magnet C are 'so arranged that at any one instant their ends adjacent the armature D will be of one polarity while the windings on the pole-pieces 03, c* are so arranged that the same instant their ends adj abent the armature D will be of the opposite polarity. Also, in accordance with my inventlon, at the same instant that the ends of the pole-h pieces b1, b3., are of one polarity the adjacent ends of the pole-pieces c1, c3 will be of the opposite polarity. In other words, when the end of the pole-piece b2c adj acent the armature D, is a north pole, the adjacent end of the `pole-'piece c1 is a south pole, and when the ends of the pole-piece b3, adjacent the armature D is a south pole, the adjacent end of the pole-piece c3 is a north pole. Thus 1t will be seen that a magnetic circuit will be established from-say the polepiece b1 through the part b, pole-piece b3, armature Y D, pole-piece' c3 part c, pole-piece c1 and armature D to the pole-piece b1. Therefore, with alternating currents flowing 1n the windings on the pole-pieces, b1, b3, of the magnet B, ma etic flux will f low 1n the magnetic path just described, whlch will 1nduce currents in the closed conductors b5 on these pole-piecesas well as in the metallic armature D. e rlhe induced currents in the armature will encircle vthe total amount of magnetic flux that passes from one pole-piece to the other and run in the same direction as the currents in the closed conductors b5 but on a different center. rlhe ferrules b5 being fixed on one side lof the pole-pieces, 1t remains for the currents in the armature to center themselves in the proper relation to the closed and fixed conductors b5. The armature being a continuous conductor, 1s constantly presenting different ortions within the magnetic fiel s, the resu t bem the'rotation of the armature in one irectlon. This principle is well understood in the electrical art. l'f, also, an alternating current of the same frequency as the frequency of the alternating current flowing in the coils on the pole-pieces b1, b3 of the magnet B, ows in the windings on the pole-pieces c1, c3 of the magnet C, precisely the same magnetic action takes place as described in connection with the magnet B, so that the turning torque on the armature D is increased. At the same time theI alternating currents flowing in the windings on the pole-pieces b2, b4, and c2, c4, produce alternating magnetic elds which counteract one another so that they produce no turning torque in either direction on the armature D. This neutralization is due to the fact that the end of the pole-piece b2 adjacent the armature D is of a south polarity, as is also the end of the adjacent pole-piece c2. 1f now, theV flow of alternating current in either of the magnets B, C, should be reversed, the ends of the pole pieces b1, b3 c1, c3, which were of opposite polarity wou d become of like polarity, while the ends of the ole pieces b2, b4 c2, c which were of like-po arity would become of unlike or oppositeipolarity; so that these latter poles wouldl exert a turning torque on the armature D to'have it rotate in a reverse or opposite direction.

1t will be understood, of course, that the Aclosed conductors b5, c5, are so arranged on the pairs of pole pieces as to cause rotation of the armature D in one or the other directions, according to which set of pole pieces has its adjacent ends of opposite polarities.

Referring now to Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive,

the arrangement of parts as illustrated is the same as that of Figs. l to 3, except that the windings of the magnet B are continued onto the magnet C and the windings of the magnet C are continued onto the magnet B in equal parts, the advantage being to esame strengthen the magnetic fields of the pole pieces equally upon any increase of strength- Abe of the same frequency, for these windings may be supplied from the same source or from different sources. 1t will be seen, therefore, that my invention provides for an alternating current motor, having a rotatable armature of non-magnetic metal, and two oppositely arranged magnets each having at least two sets of pole-pieces, one vset of pole pieces of each magnet acting in conjunction with eachother to produce a turning torque on the armature in one direction whlle at the same time the other set of pole pieces of each magnet neutralize each other to produce no turning torque on the armature; and that upon a reversal of the direction of flow of alternating current of the same frequency in the winding of either of the magnets, the relations of the effects of the sets of polepieces are changed so that those which first acted to produce a turning torque on the armature now act to neutralize each other or produce no turning torque, while those which first acted to neutralize each other to produce no turning torquenow co-act to produce a turning torque on the armature, but in an opposite or reverse direction. 1t will also be apparent that my invention provides for a motor which is'only operable by two alternating currents of the sai te requency.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a rotatable non-magnetic metal armature, a pair of magnets V each having a plurality of pole-pieces arranged on opposite sides of said armature, and means for polarizing said pole-pieces to have certain of them to co-act to produce a turning torque on the armature in one direction, while the others neutralize each `other to produce no turning torque on the armature.

2. In an alternating current, motor, the combination with a rotatable non-magnetic metal armature, a pair of magnets each having a plurality of pole-pieces arranged on opposite sides of said armature, and means comprising a winding for each magnet for causmg a co-acting polarization of certain of the pole-pieces of both magnets to produce a turning torque on the armature in one direction upon la owfof alternating currents in one direction in said windings and a co-acting polarization of certain other pole-pieces of both magnets to produce a turning torque on the armature in a reverse direction upon a change in direction of a flow of alternating current in either of the windings.

3. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a rotatable non-magnetic metal armature, a pair of magnets each having a plurality'of pole-pieces arranged opposite each other, with the armature between them, and each having a bifurcated end, a closed conductor around a bifurcation of each pole-piece, and a winding for each magnet arranged on the pole-pieces to have the magnetic fields of certain of the polepieces of each magnet co-act to produce a to produce a turning torque on the armature. 15

In testimony whereof, I have signed my' Aname to this specification in the presence of two subscribed witnesses.

Witnesses:

G. A. GAUGHAN, W. F. Woon.

P. UTNE. 

